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Contents I. Foundations 1. The Domain of Psychological Emergencies: An Overview, Kleespies 2. Crisis Theory and Crisis Intervention in Emergencies, Callahan 3. The Emergency Interview, Kleespies, Deleppo, Mori, and Niles II. The Evaluation and Management of Life-Threatening Behavior 4. The Evaluation and Management of the Suicidal Patient, Clark 5. Empirically Based Clinical Evaluation and Management of the Potentially Violent Patient, McNie l6. Crisis Assessment and Interventions with Victims of Violence, Yassen and Harvey 7. Life and Death Decisions: Refusing Life-Sustaining Treatment, Kleespies and Mori 8. The Emergency Telephone Call, Kleespies and Blackburn III. Risk Management in Psychological Emergencies 9. Risk Management with the Suicidal Patient, Bongar, Greaney, and Peruzzi 10. Risk Management with the Violent Patient, Eddy and Harris IV. Emergency-Related Crises and Conditions 11. Responding to Self-Injurious Behavior, Deiter and Pearlman 12. The Evaluation and Management of Alcohol and Drug-Related Crises, Trezza and Popp V. Medical Conditions Presenting as Psychological Crises 13. Side Effects of and Reactions to Psychotropic Medications, Popp and Trezza 14. Psychological/Behavioral Symptoms in Neurological Disorders, White, Marans, and Krengel 15. Psychological Symptoms in Endocrine Disorders, Samson, Levin, and Richardson 16. Psychological Factors in Cardiac Disease, Clark, Nash, Cohen, Chase, and Niaura VI. The Impact of Emergency Service on the Clinician 17. Emergencies with Suicidal Patients: The Impact on the Clinician, Kleespies, Niles, Mori, and Deleppo 18. The Stress of Violent Behavior for the Clinician, Guy and Brady 19. The Ecstasy and the Agony: The Impact of Disaster and Trauma Work on the Self of the Clinician, Charney and Pearlman
Phillip M. Kleespies, PhD, ABPP, VA Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Ma .